[eluser]alexdemers[/eluser]
Hey, I want to have properties (or variables) globally accessible throughout every class I use in the CI framework. Basically, I get my options from the database (locale, timezone, number of results per page for pagination) and I want them available in models, controllers and function (using global $var). i do not want to use a config file since it's stored in the database and I do some processing on those settings before having them available to the developer. Also, if possible, to have access to them very early in the script execution.
Am I missing something in the docs that can help me? If not, how can it be done efficiently?
Thanks.
[eluser]umefarooq[/eluser]
for this create a library name what every you like, libraries can be access any where in CI, in controller, helpers, model, you can use variables as global variable and can populate through database.
[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
I just load them from my configuration table and add them to the config class, so I can access them the CI standard way, as if they were loaded from a config file.
Code: /**
* loads the configuration from the configuration table
*
* @param void
* @return void
*/
function load_config()
{
// retrieve all configuration items
$query = $this->db->get('configuration');
// loop through the results
foreach ($query->result_array() as $row)
{
if ( $row['config_module'] == 'exitecms' )
{
// store internal items directly
$this->config->config['exitecms'][$row['config_name']] = $row['config_value'];
// config values that need to be copied to the CI config
switch($row['config_name'])
{
case 'locale':
// set the CI language to the locale defined in the configuration
$this->config->config['language'] = $row['config_value'];
break;
case 'login_expire':
// set the CI session timeout to the login expire value defined in the configuration
$this->config->config['sess_expiration'] = $row['config_value'];
break;
case 'log_threshold':
// do we need to enable xdebug?
if ( $row['config_value'] == 5 && function_exists('xdebug_start_trace') )
{
xdebug_start_trace($this->config->config['log_path'].date('YmdHis').'.trace.log');
$row['config_value'] = 4;
}
// we need to inform the Log library of a modified threshold
if ( $row['config_value'] != $this->config->config[$row['config_name']] )
{
// need the fetch the object, the class is not available via the superobject
$LOG =& load_class('Log');
// logging disabled?
if ( $row['config_value'] == 0 )
{
$LOG->_enabled = FALSE;
}
else
{
$LOG->_threshold = $row['config_value'];
}
}
case 'country':
case 'timezone':
case 'url_suffix':
case 'encryption_key':
case 'uri_protocol':
// copy these values to their CI equivalent
$this->config->config[$row['config_name']] = $row['config_value'];
break;
case 'compress_output':
// the output library requires a boolean here
$this->config->config[$row['config_name']] = (bool) $row['config_value'];
break;
default:
// skip the rest
break;
}
}
else
{
// store module items in a module per array
if ( ! isset($this->config->config['exitecms'][$row['config_module']]) )
{
$this->config->config['exitecms'][$row['config_module']] = array();
}
$this->config->config['exitecms'][$row['config_module']][$row['config_name']] = $row['config_value'];
}
}
// create the email configuration array
$config = array(
'useragent' => 'ExiteCMS v' . $this->config->item('version', 'exitecms') . '.' . $this->config->item('revision', 'exitecms'),
'protocol' => 'mail',
'smtp_host' => $this->config->item('smtp_host', 'exitecms'),
'smtp_port' => 25,
'smtp_timeout' => 15,
'wordwrap' => FALSE,
'wrapchars' => 76,
'mailtype' => 'html',
'charset' => 'utf-8',
'validate' => TRUE,
'priority' => 3,
'crlf' => "\r\n",
'newline' => "\r\n",
'bcc_batch_mode' => FALSE,
'bcc_batch_size' => 200
);
// use SMTP instead of the internal mailer?
if ( ! empty($config['smtp_host']) )
{
$config['protocol'] = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_user'] = $this->config->item('smtp_username', 'exitecms');
$config['smtp_pass'] = $this->config->item('smtp_password', 'exitecms');
}
log_message('debug', 'ExiteCMS configuration loaded');
// load the email library
$this->load->library('email');
// and initialize it
$this->email->useragent = $config['useragent'];
$this->email->initialize($config);
}
My configuration table:
Code: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cms_configuration` (
`config_id` int(9) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`config_module` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
`config_name` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
`config_value` tinytext NOT NULL,
`config_timestamp` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`config_id`),
KEY `config_module_config_name` (`config_module`,`config_name`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 ;
[eluser]SitesByJoe[/eluser]
@WanWizard - I've been looking to make a solution just like this for some time. Is this being called from a custom library or when are you calling this function?
[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
I have a bit of an odd situation, and I don't use routes. All requests are routed to a single controller, that does the routing based on database information. I have this code in a library, which is called in the index method of this controller.
In a "normal" CI environment, you could call this from the constructor of a MY_Controller controller.
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